Polishing-cloth.



H. S. WEBM'EE POLISHING CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. e, 1911.

Pafienteol Sept. 17], 1912.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY s. WEBSTER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

POLISHING-CLOTH.

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I. HARRY S. WEBSTER, a citiz'en'offthe United States, residing at Toledo, county. ofLucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain ,new and useful Improvements in Polishing-Cloths, of which the following is a specification.

My lnvention relates to polishing cloths, that is to chemically. treated cloths which may be used repeatedly for polishing finished surfaces without the use of liquid or paste polishing substances.

The object of my" invention is to provide a device of the class mentioned characterized as above stated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as mentioned by means of chemically treated in the manner herein 4 which the polishing may be uickly accomplished and which shall be oi great cleanliness in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. 'With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a cloth of suitable material, chemically treated so that it may be repeatedly used for polishing by merely wringing the same out of cold water.

My invention further consists in a cloth after described.

In the-drawing forming a part of this.

' or cotton, and of any suitable size. I prefer I -,touse.a double mapped outing cloth as this is wella-dapt'ed for the purpose and of low cost. The cloth is prepared by soaking the same in a chemical preparation hereinafter described, "wringing out the superfluous liquid and drying. To use the cloth it 1s steeped in cold water'and wrung, after which it is rubbed upon the surface to be polished,' and may be used repeatedly by merely wringing out of cold water before each application.

The preparation used to impregnate the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 17, 1912, Application filed September 6, 1911. Serial No. 647,801.

fore treating the cloth.. The first mixture consists of 1% gallons of 34 gravity neutral oil, 1-} .gallons Australian floor oil, 1} gallon boiled linseed oil, 1} gallon of wood alcohol, and a gallon of turpentine. The second mixture consists of 6'ounces of pulverized chalk dissolved in.two quarts of claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A polishing cloth consistin of a piece of fabric chemically treated wit a mixture consisting of neutral oil, Australian floor oil, boiled linseed oil, wood alcohol and turpentine to which has been added a mixture of chalk dissolved in vinegar and rotten stone dissolved in stale beer.

'2. A polishing cloth consisting of a piece amixture of fabric chemically treated wit cloth is formed of two. separate mixtures .whlch are afterward mixed together beof non-volatile. oil and a volatileffl'uid, to

which has been added chalk and rotten stone dissolved in suitable solvents. 3. A polishing cloth consisting of a fabric chemically treated with a mixture; of oil,

andchalk and rotten stone dissolved in suitable solvents.

4. A polishing cloth consisting of apiece of fabric chemically treated with a'mixture of an oil and rotten stone dissolved in a suitable solvent.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' HARRY S. WEBSTER. 

